Josephine-Molested Or Racist?

Ulrich's method of piecing together the event of Rebecca Foster's rape has Martha Ballard's diary as a starting point, is chronologically structured, thorough and attempts to cover any historically relevant information by expanding on various adjacent sources. What is more, the historian singles out those excerpts from the diary that serve to support her interpretation of Hallowell community and the rape episode, without denying access to broader context of information, and she openly admits this interpretational purpose: "Someday the dairy may be published. What follows in no sense is a substitute for it; it is an interpretation, a kind of exegesis" (Ulrich, 1991). In order to construct the context surrounding the event, Ulrich turns to other sources than the diary, which serve to shape the setting for Rebecca Foster's plight. In this sense, the historian diligently delves into Minister Foster's previous local conflicts caused by his liberal ecclesiastic views, and examines the Foster family's known interactions with the community (Ulrich, 1991).

Josie Moraine is a normal teenage girl living an extraordinary life in New Orleans during the 1950s. Her dad remains unknown and her mom, Louise is a prostitute. Josie has lived her whole life taking care of her mother and has never gotten anything in return for it. She had years of embarrassment from her ignorant mother and many felt sorry for her. At the age of 12, she lived on her own in a small apartment on top of a book shop in return for work and her mom lived at Willie’s brothel prostitute house. She wants more than anything to leave the Quarter and get out of New Orleans to develop her life. Josie wants to be known for her accomplishments and not her mother’s actions. On her way to try and leave New Orleans she gets wrapped up in her

Cynthia Brown was a sixteen-year-old, African American girl who shot and killed a man that she had claimed had hired her for sex. Cynthia was tired as an adult, convicted of a first-degree murder, and was given a mandatory life sentence. She was allowed parole after she will serve 51 years of her sentence. In another case Walter Wayne, a 25-year-old male broke into a woman's apartment, strangled her and slashed her throat, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. So being that these cases are very similar how are they being sentenced so differently? Could race be playing a factor in the court system?

Milkman is born on the day that Mr. Smith kills himself trying to fly; Milkman as a child wanted to fly until he found out that people could not. When he found, "that only birds and airplanes could fly&emdash;he lost all interest in himself" (9). The novel Song of Solomon is about an African American man nicknamed Milkman. This novel, by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison was first published in 1977, shows a great deal of the African American culture, and the discrimination within their culture at the time Song of Solomon takes place. In part one, the setting is in a North Carolina town in the 30's and 40's.

This made her more than a match for her brothers and sisters. She didn’t think sickness of any kind was a cause for pampering. She did not have the beauty or cleverness of her sisters, or even the popularity, but she had a toughness about her that none of her siblings had. But the physical strength and toughness could not make up for the many frustrations that Blackwell faced growing up. She was always the odd one, or the one who was left out. She wrote many of her private thoughts in a journal. One time she wrote that it felt strange to be left completely out of sight. Other times she wrote that she would be punished for doing things that her brothers and sisters did, and got away with.

Sexual assault is a sensitive subject when it comes to most people. No one can tell whether the person they come across has been sexually assaulted before. There are signs to indicate such events like withdrawing from normal activities, or feeling “down”, low self-esteem, anxiety or worry about situations that did not seem to cause anxiety in the past, avoiding specific situations or place, etc. Sexual assault is never an easy bridge to cross and the road to recovery is never an easy route. In the “Bluest Eye” written by Toni Morrison, it tells a story in the narrative of Claudia MacTeer. She tells the story of childhood memories about what happened to Pecola through season and the influential characters and events that shape Pecola's life. Pecola was an adolescent who felt her black beauty wasn’t enough and dreamed of having blue eyes. In the story, she was raped by her drunk father when she was eleven years old. She then had to give birth to her father’s baby which didn’t make it. It took Morrison many efforts to publish this book because of its controversial subjects. In an interview Morrison had in 2001 discussing “The Bluest Eye”and her other books, she told the interviewer “I had sent to I think 12 or 14 publishers before someone was interested enough to take it.” Not only was the book on incest but it was also on prostitution, racism, and child molestion.

Racism is a background that is constant in this society. In our country the most prevalent cultures we identify with when discussing racism are African-Americans and whites. Before discussing racism between blacks and whites, one must be informed about the ideology behind racism in the United States. In this nation racial identity makes a difference because it matters. What began as an economic and political strategy, enforced by legal code, evoked social and moral superiority and inferiority. This implies that race matters for all people in America; not just for blacks. It mirrors the first racial twofold of this country: white and non-white. Everything streams from the first need to learn and lawfully characterize who is non-white. This is particularly imperative to see today in the light of the

Aunt Jemima is a play that talks about the history of Aunt Jemima and how the name became so popular. In a previous post you will see where I went to Aunt Jemima and the complexities of race. It was shorter version of the play but it also included a discussion panel. Both of the events take place in the community. This event brings together kentucky humanities organizations.

this resonated with this text highlighting the preservation of racism, the idealization of Western supremacy that negates both the cultural and individualistic diversity we all encompass. The construction of an identity should not divide us from one another, but rather enrich the breadth of humanity’s capacity to transcend the cyclical transgressions of the history of mankind. Cisneros argues in “Sally”, "Shame is a bad thing, you know. It keeps you down" (83). These texts symbolize those who are not indifferent, and those who claim their right to their freedom of speech, voicing their concerns and personal stories to revitalize the range human history should account for all, each and every subjective experience can formulate a monstrous force

Both of them had been sleeping on a cot at a friend’s house. The friend had a baby who suffered from colic. “Manman” would “wake up to look after the child when the mother was so tired that she no longer heard her son’s cries.” When the baby died, the mother blamed “manman”, and called her a witch. “Manman” is arrested and sentenced to life in prison. Josephine is now alone, aside from a Madonna doll (which I am still unclear to what a Madonna doll) she inherited from her mother. She visits her mother frequently at the prison but never speaks to her. In flashbacks, it is revealed that Josephine’s grandmother was a victim of the 1937 massacre, and her mother had to leap across the Massacre River to save herself and an unborn Josephine. At the end of the story, Josephine’s mother dies because of the poor living conditions in the prison, but Josephine is at peace, knowing that her mother’s final flight was joyful. Finally, the last story, “A Wall of Fire Rising,” Guy, Lili, and Little Guy live in a poor town in

Nowadays people find it hard to talk about race. No one really wants to speak upon Segregation, The Holocaust , Jim crow laws or any of that .There tough topics to discuss when everyone has their own opinion. Sweetness by Toni Morrison tells a story about many events that has occurred in her life as she grew up. Ms. Morrison explains in her stories

In Kincaid’s essay, “Producing Erotic Children” he argues that the protest of child molestation and the discussion of cases involving child molestation is a way for those who participate in this activity to fantasize about it in a way that is not morally reprehensible to society. He indicts his audience with the sentence, “It is just that molesting and the stories protesting the molesting walk the same beat” (249). His use of the phrase, “walk the same beat” is an interesting choice for a scholarly essay. Kincaid uses that casual tone in order to make sure the audience understands and

Which is when Herder states “I will not go back this time. [n]o matter what” and makes Liberty Street his permanent home. This causes an uproar because the color of Josephine’s skin but after Herder not coming home for a while. Herder’s wife started stalking Josephine and Jennie at their home “Jennie sees a mysterious white woman pass by in a carriage, peering at the house with a hard and angry expression on her face”. After 2 months of Herder living Josephine the wife wrote her a disturbing letter and left Josephine trembling.

Josephine, who is her sister, is concerned that she may be harming herself and is persistent in her quest to be admitted to the room. The entire story is centered on saving Mrs. Mallard right from the time the breaking of the sad news of her husband's demise had to be done in a way that would not be fatal to her up to the time when her husband returns home and Richard tries to shield her from seeing her husband from the fear that she will suffer an attack due to the huge surprise (Berkove 153).

The eighth story of Scott’s Viger is titled “Josephine Labrosse.” From the outside, this story seems to incite the most positive reaction. Victor’s name is seemingly aptonymic in the sense that he provides Viger, and so the family of three generations of women, with a complete familial unit. The scheming of sending Josephine into the city recalls “No. 68 Rue Alfred de Musset,” but in this case the union between Victor and Josephine is cause for celebration, until Scott addition troubles the ending to the tale. The singing of “C’est dans la vill’ Bytown” (75) is troubling indirectly. Once provided with the lyrics this becomes all the more apparent. The lyrics of the song are as follows: “It is in the town of Bytown/Where the English resided/Where there are three pretty girls” (137). This begins the tension initiated by the song; the three pretty girls could be a reference to the three generations of women in “Josephine Labrosse.” The song continues: “Who are perfect in beauty/The youngest is my mistress/My heart charmed her” (138). The fact that the song is an accurate reiteration of the story means that Josephine is the de facto mistress in the song. The term “mistress” usually comes with a negative connotation; it implies the speaker’s possession. The word charmed is also a cause for concern, because it can also be read is a troubling lens. Even more, where did this “chorus” (75) appear from? The fact that this illusory chorus was prepared to sing the troubling song is